Errol Flynn was such handsome guy. I really enjoyed Robin Hood (even tho Basil Rathbone was a real swordsman and Errol was a klutz in comparison). Captain Blood. Wasn't he great in that?

I can't look at him without thinking of his autobiography where he mentioned taking a trip to Africa and partaking of...well, I'm sure you know his story. Ubangi lips. That's quite an image. Was that the tribe that put the disks in their lips?

Thing is to totally separate the artist from the art. That way you can enjoy the art without being distracted by the fact that most really talented artists are totally wacked.

This isn't something recent. It's a tradition for good artists, poets, musicians, et al, to be freaks of society.

Then when I still have trouble separating the artist from the art, or when someone points out something particularly stupid about a famous musician or actor, I try imagining what kind of totally stupid things I would do if I were famous, rich, lived in California, and had a whole lot of idle time on my hands. I could top them all with stupid human tricks.

Bill

There's always that book "Shut Up and Sing"--good advice for these entertainers who insist on lecturing the rest of us. Or maybe in the case of a couple of these people, I can pass on the singing, too.

I loved it when Johnny Depp called America one sick puppy or some such nonsense and then after 21 days of unrestricted riots in his adopted home of France, he decided that was a little too "culturally mature" for him as well.

The list grows longer of what supposed artists I will not financially support.

Anyway it impressed me that Brad Pitt, when asked for a political opinion said, "Why are you asking me that? I am an actor!"

Isn't that refreshing :-)

Greg

Tell that to Reagan

"Mr. Gorbachov, Tear down this wall"!

AMEN.

I take it you're not a fan of Janeane Garofalo?

(tee hee)

Paul, who thinks we are becoming a dichotomous society and I am stuck smack dab in the middle making enemies of both "wings."

You have every right to make enemies with Texas (or Oklahoma) football....

Right now I don't like Forida.......GO HAWKS!!!

I've always seen actors as folks who are real good at impersonating others, mostly because they have no actual life of their own, or maybe wish desperately they were someone else - why get sucked into believing their roles are reality?

Bill

The only thing that disturbs me is the number of people who apparently do take them seriously. What kind of airhead would you have to be to take anything said by most celebrities to heart? It frightens me that people have their beliefs shaped by them without questioning their qualifications as long as their name recognition is high.

Sherry

Amen! Have you ever gotten totally captivated by an individual's or a group's music ... and then actually talked to the musicians (who are generally among the most airheaded humans on earth) in depth? Not at a superficial level like groupie drool ... but a really serious discussion of anything other than musical technique.

It's more important to most of these people to be famous rather than skillful.